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An interesting day yesterday, & we're now on our third Hertz car. We started by having our haircuts & then headed to Milwaukee. It was extremely hot, in the high 90's (F), which is very uncomfortable for Doreen. It wasals a very busy city & Doreen dislikes city traffic. The highways around Milwaukee all seemed to be being re-built, there was a lot of construction under way.
After taking a few photos we moved on towards Chicago. Susie now surprised us with a new announcement - "recalculating, heavy traffic". She took us off the highway & through surface streets on the North side of Chicago, but eventually back on to the highway to skirt the city centre. So far, so good. Next, she took us off the highway again. Now we were on the South side & not in a very desirable neighbourhood. To make matters worse, the car started hesitating on take off from a stop. It never actually stalled but it kept feeling as if it was going to. We put it down to the heat, Doreen saw 98 (F) on one of those bank thermometers. The thought of breaking down here waasn't a nice one. Eventually, we got back on the highway, paid the tolls & made it to Kalamazoo.
At the hotel after going for a meal, we noticed a light on the dash, (a spanner with an oil can). Consult the book, car needs an oil change. Phone Hertz, "Oh, take it to an oil change place or a Chevvy dealer, pay for it & as long as it's less than $60 we'll re-imburse you". I then remimded them that I was paying for their "Premium Roadside Assistance" & as such didn't expect to have to get the oil changed myself. After some discussion, they agreed to change the car, so we now have a Chevvy HHR. We'll see how it goes today.
We were in four States yesterday. We started off in Wisconsin, moved into Illinois, then briefly into Indiana befrore ending up in Michigan. The photo is of one of the many lighthouses around Michigan. This one is at a rest area, why they need one there is unclear, but they seem to use them as a bit of a State symbol.
Mileage yesterday was 329. Total (white car) 3761. Total 4292.
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